咱

See also: 偺
咱 U+54B1, 咱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54B1
← 咰
[U+54B0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咲 →
[U+54B2]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

咱 (radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口竹月山 (RHBU), four-corner 66000, composition ⿰口自)

References

  • KangXi: page 187, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3552
  • Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 618, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+54B1

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad. 咱/喒/偺
simp. 咱
alt. forms 𠴰
倃

Fusion of 自家 (MC d͡ziɪH kˠa, “self”) [Song] > Modern Mandarin zá (Lü, 1984). Fusion with 們／们 (men) produces the form with a nasal coda [Yuan], e.g. Modern Mandarin zán (Norman, 1988).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • zán - “I (dialectal); we; particle”;
  • zá - “I (literary)”.
Note: zaa2, ze1 - rare.

Definitions

咱

  1. (literary or dialectal) I; me
  2. (inclusive) we; us
  3. (literary) A particle used after personal pronouns.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 吾、我、私、余、予、台、朕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 我
Mandarin Beijing 我
Taiwan 我
Jinan 我、俺
Xi'an 我
Wuhan 我
Chengdu 我
Yangzhou 我
Hefei 我
Cantonese Guangzhou 我
Hong Kong 我
Taishan 我
Yangjiang 我
Gan Nanchang 我
Hakka Meixian 𠊎
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𠊎
Liudui (S. Sixian) 𠊎
Hsinchu (Hailu) 𠊎
Dongshi (Dabu) 𠊎
Zhuolan (Raoping) 𠊎
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 𠊎
Jin Taiyuan 我
Min Bei Jian'ou 我
Min Dong Fuzhou 我、奴
Min Nan Xiamen 我、阮
Quanzhou 我、阮
Zhangzhou 我、阮
Taipei 我、阮
Kaohsiung 我、阮
Philippines (Manila) 我
Chaozhou 我
Wu Shanghai 我、吾、阿拉
Suzhou 我、奴
Wenzhou 我
Ningbo 我、我儂、像我
Xiang Changsha 我
Shuangfeng 我、卬
Dialectal synonyms of 咱們 (“we; us (inclusive)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 咱們、你我
Mandarin Beijing 咱們、咱
Taiwan 咱們、咱
Jinan 咱們、咱、咱這伙
Xi'an 咱
Wuhan 我們 †
Chengdu 我們 †
Yangzhou 我們 †
Hefei 我們 †
Cantonese Guangzhou 我哋 †
Hong Kong 我哋 †
Taishan 我 †
Yangjiang 偔 †
Gan Nanchang 我個裡 †、我們 †
Hakka Meixian 𠊎等人 †、𠊎等 †、齊儕
Xingning 𠊎齊家
Huidong 𠊎俚
Qujiang 𠊎俚
Xiaosanjiang 𠊎俚
Changting 𠊎等人
Pingyu 𠊎等人 †、𠊎兜 †
Wuping 𠊎嫩人 †
Liancheng 𠊎大沙
Ninghua 𠊎人 †
Yudu 𠊎尼
Ruijin 𠊎班
Shicheng 𠊎人
Shangyou 𠊎子人 †
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𫣆兜、𫣆這兜、𫣆俚、𫣆
Liudui (S. Sixian) 𠊎等 †
Hsinchu (Hailu) 𫣆俚、吾俚、𫣆兜、𫣆這兜、𫣆
Dongshi (Dabu) 𫣆等、𫣆這兜、𫣆
Zhuolan (Raoping) 𫣆兜、𫣆這兜、𫣆俚
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 𫣆人、𫣆
Jin Taiyuan 咱們、咱
Min Bei Jian'ou 俺伙人、俺人
Min Dong Fuzhou 儂家各儂、儂家、儂家儂
Min Nan Xiamen 咱、咱人
Quanzhou 咱、咱人
Zhangzhou 咱、咱人
Taipei 咱
Penang 咱、咱人
Philippines (Manila) 咱
Chaozhou 咱
Wu Shanghai 阿拉 †、我伲 †、伲 †
Suzhou 伲 †
Wenzhou 卬你、卬你倈
Xiang Changsha 我們 †
Shuangfeng 我哩 †、卬哩 †
Note † - no distinction of clusivity

See also

Standard Chinese personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st — 我 (wǒ) 我們／我们 (wǒmen)
inclusive 咱們／咱们 (zánmen)
2nd male/indefinite 你 (nǐ) 你們／你们 (nǐmen)
female 妳／你 (nǐ) 妳們／你们 (nǐmen)
deity 祢 (nǐ) 祢們／祢们 (nǐmen)
polite 您 (nín) 你們／你们 (nǐmen)
您們／您们 (nínmen)
3rd male/indefinite 他 (tā) 他們／他们 (tāmen)
female 她 (tā) 她們／她们 (tāmen)
deity 祂 (tā) 祂們／祂们 (tāmen)
animal 牠／它 (tā) 牠們／它们 (tāmen)
inanimate 它 (tā) 它們／它们 (tāmen)

Etymology 2

Fusion of 早晚 (zǎowǎn).

Pronunciation

Definitions

咱

  1. (dialectal, in compounds) time
    這咱 / 这咱  ―  zhèzan  ―  now

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 咱
alt. forms 俺
㑑
玌

From 儂／侬 (lâng, “person; I, me”) + elision of 儂／侬. Compare 阮 (gún, goán, “we, us (exclusive)”), 恁 (lín, “you (plural)”), 𪜶 (in, “they, them”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

咱

(Min Nan)
  1. (inclusive) we; us
  2. (polite) you
  3. (inclusive) our
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 咱們 (“we; us (inclusive)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 咱們、你我
Mandarin Beijing 咱們、咱
Taiwan 咱們、咱
Jinan 咱們、咱、咱這伙
Xi'an 咱
Wuhan 我們 †
Chengdu 我們 †
Yangzhou 我們 †
Hefei 我們 †
Cantonese Guangzhou 我哋 †
Hong Kong 我哋 †
Taishan 我 †
Yangjiang 偔 †
Gan Nanchang 我個裡 †、我們 †
Hakka Meixian 𠊎等人 †、𠊎等 †、齊儕
Xingning 𠊎齊家
Huidong 𠊎俚
Qujiang 𠊎俚
Xiaosanjiang 𠊎俚
Changting 𠊎等人
Pingyu 𠊎等人 †、𠊎兜 †
Wuping 𠊎嫩人 †
Liancheng 𠊎大沙
Ninghua 𠊎人 †
Yudu 𠊎尼
Ruijin 𠊎班
Shicheng 𠊎人
Shangyou 𠊎子人 †
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𫣆兜、𫣆這兜、𫣆俚、𫣆
Liudui (S. Sixian) 𠊎等 †
Hsinchu (Hailu) 𫣆俚、吾俚、𫣆兜、𫣆這兜、𫣆
Dongshi (Dabu) 𫣆等、𫣆這兜、𫣆
Zhuolan (Raoping) 𫣆兜、𫣆這兜、𫣆俚
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 𫣆人、𫣆
Jin Taiyuan 咱們、咱
Min Bei Jian'ou 俺伙人、俺人
Min Dong Fuzhou 儂家各儂、儂家、儂家儂
Min Nan Xiamen 咱、咱人
Quanzhou 咱、咱人
Zhangzhou 咱、咱人
Taipei 咱
Penang 咱、咱人
Philippines (Manila) 咱
Chaozhou 咱
Wu Shanghai 阿拉 †、我伲 †、伲 †
Suzhou 伲 †
Wenzhou 卬你、卬你倈
Xiang Changsha 我們 †
Shuangfeng 我哩 †、卬哩 †
Note † - no distinction of clusivity

See also

  • (Min Nan, exclusive) 阮 (gún, goán)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
 咱

Pronunciation

Definitions

咱

  1. † Sentence-final modal particle for the imperative mood, similar to 吧 (ba).
  2. † Sentence-final modal particle for the declarative mood.

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
 咱

Pronunciation

Definitions

咱

  1. † Alternative form of 咋 (zǎ, “how”).

Compounds

  • 咱各
  • 咱家
  • 咱彼各
  • 咱每
  • 我咱
  • 這咱／这咱
  • 那咱
  • 那咱晚

References

Japanese

Kanji

咱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

咱 • (chal, cha) (hangeul 찰, 차, revised chal, cha, McCune–Reischauer ch'al, ch'a)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咱 (cha, gia, ta, thánh, thính)

  1. Hán tự form of ta, “I; me; we; us”
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